Re: blog in defence of complete Ahlebayt
**Answer: **According to this narration the verse of tatheer was revealed before prophet(Saw) made the supplication for Hz ali(ra), fatima(ra), hassan(ra) and hussain(ra) under the cloak. If we keep this in mind, then it is illogical for the Prophet(saw) to make supplication for the Ahle kisa to be purified AFTER the verse was revealed, because the verse states that Allah had ALREADY intended to purify Ahlebayt. It would only make sense when we say that 33:33 is for the wives since he(saw) tells his wife, “Inti ala khair.” The Prophet(saw) knew that this verse was originally revealed about the wives and he is the one who placed the verses 33:33 in context with the other verses in Surat al Ahzab, So he knew that she was already purified that’s why he told her to not worry since she is already on goodness, but He now wanted Allah to purify Ali(ra) And Fatima(ra), hz hassan(ra) and hz hussain(ra) whom he loved and considered from his ahlul-bayt, So he invited them under the cloak and made Dua for all of them so that Allah may purify them also.
Regarding this narration where hz umm salama(ra) was asked not to enter, then this falls under the narration of the hadith according to the meaning: Al-riwaya bil ma’ana. Without even filtering out the weak from the authentic in those narrations, we can assume that they all mean the same thing, which is that Um Salama(ra) was always from Ahlul Bayt(that 33:33 refers to the wives) and that she is not in need of the dua’a of the Prophet(saw) while the other four are in need of it.
The point people should ponder over is that why is dua made ? If at all Allah would have revealed this verse for Ahle kisa then there wouldn’t have been any need for a supplication from prophet(Saw) to purify them, because Allah had already wished to purify Ahlebayt(wives). Prophet(Saw) asking dua itself is a proof that this verse was not revealed for Ahlekisa.
Moreover as a whole I found, based on my personal observation, that all of the report which talks about Hz Um Salama’s (ra) question and reply of the Prophet (pbuh), has some disputed narrator, though that doesn’t make the narration weak(in some narrations) but they are not stronger than other narrations in which there is no mentioning of hz umm salama(ra) asking any question. And many a time different words are being narrated through a single route. However we find that scholars have authenticated these narrations, because the scholars show some leniency while authenticating narrations related to virtues(fadhail).
Anyways regardless of the authenticity this narration, it still is in favour of wives of prophet(Saw) and this narration and narrations similar to this in no way could be used to exlclude wives of prophety(Saw), based on the non-sensical argument that why didn’t prophet(Saw) allow hz umm salama(ra) in, or why didn’t prophet(Saw) made a similar supplication(dua) for wives, to which we give a sensible and logical reply that because the verse was revealed for the wives there was no need for prophet(Saw) to make dua for them, Dua was/is done for those who were/are not included not for those who were already included.
Another reasonable reply that was given regarding objections raised using this narration to exclude wives of prophet(Saw) from Ahlebayt by Shaykh Al-Saloos [May Allah reward him] was:”how can the Messenger of Allah enter his wife in his cloak at the same time with his cousin?!”. Moreover we have some other authentic narrations which we have provided in this article under the subtitle “authentic” narrations and they shows us that prophet(Saw) replied in affirmative to hz umm salama(ra) when she asked the question.
ANYWAYS A GIFT FOR YOU:
في بيتي أنزلت : ? إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت ويطهركم تطهيرا ? قالت : فأرسل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إلى فاطمة وعلي والحسن والحسين ، فقال : هؤلاء أهل بيتي ، وفي حديث القاضي والسمي : هؤلاء أهلي ، قالت : فقلت : يا رسول الله ! أما أنا من أهل البيت ؟ قال : بلى إن شاء الله تعالى
الراوي: أم سلمة المحدث: الحاكم – المصدر: السنن الكبرى للبيهقي – الصفحة أو الرقم: 2/150
خلاصة حكم المحدث: صحيح سنده ثقات رواته
a. Umm Salmah said: in my house these verses were revealed ” God wants to remove all kinds of uncleanliness from you Ahlul-Bayt and to purify you thoroughly.” So the Prophet PBUH called for Ali and Fatima and Hassan and Hussein and then said: These are Ahlu-Bayti, In the Hadith of al Qadi and al Summi: They are Ahly. So I said: O Messenger of Allah! aren’t I also from your Ahlul-Bayt? He said: yes you are Inshallah.
Muhaddith: Al Hakim from al Sunan al kubrah for Bayhaqi.
Hadith rank: Isnad SAHIH narrators all trustworthy.